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Mathew Williams

Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
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Mathew Williams

Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
School of GeoSciences
University of Edinburgh, Crew Bldg.
Edinburgh EH9 3JN, UK
Tel: +44 131 650 7776, Fax: +44 131 662 0478
Email: mat.williams@ed.ac.uk

Education

 Ph.D., School of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 1994.
BA (hons.), Biology (Pure and Applied), St. John's College, University of Oxford, UK, 1989.

Research Interests

 Operational ecological modelling, data assimilation, quantifying and reducing uncertainty, vegetation-atmosphere gas exchange, interactions of carbon, nutrient and hydrological cycles, primary productivity and plant allocation, ecosystem models and scaling, climate controls on vegetation distribution.

Professional Experience

 School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK.
  • Chair of Global Change Ecology, 2010-
  • Reader in Global Change Ecology, 2007-10
  • Senior Lecturer, 2005-7
  • Lecturer, 2000-2005
The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA
  • Assistant Scientist, 1997-2000
  • Research Associate, 1996-1997
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, 1994-1996

Professional Service

Member, NERC Arctic Programme Advisory Group, 2009-.

Member, Mission Advisory Group, BIOMASS, European Space Agency, 2008-.

Member, Scientific Steering Committee: Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES), an International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme core project (2005-present)

Member, UK National Committee of the IGBP

Data assimilation theme leader for JULES and member of the JULES Science Management committee

Editorial Review Board: Tree Physiology

Proposal review panels: NSF Carbon Cycle Science (2002); NASA Carbon Cycle Science (2001); NASA Graduate Fellowship Panel (2000).

Proposal reviews for funding agencies: U.S National Science Foundation - Office of Polar Programs; National Science Foundation - Ecosystems; NASA-Terrestrial Ecology; UK NERC.

Manuscript reviews for refereed journals: Nature, Science, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Water Resources Research, Journal of Ecology, Ecosystems, Global Change Biology, Ecological Modelling, American Naturalist, Ecological Applications, Plant Cell and Environment, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Journal of Geophysical Research, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Tree Physiology, Annals of Botany.
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